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Some Friday afternoon notes

OL Emanuel McGirt of Durham released his top 8 schools Friday night…USC, North Carolina, NC State, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, LSU, Florida and Duke. He plans to focus on these programs in his recruiting until he makes his decision in late June.

DE Marquavius Lewis of Hutchinson JC, KS and Greenwood visited Auburn today. He recently visited USC and had the Gamecocks at the top of his list but he's more open after the Auburn visit.

DE LaSamuel Davis of Bamberg-Ehrhardt plans to announce his commitment on May 31st. He will hold the ceremony at his church. Clemson and Florida have been his top two with Clemson making a strong push for him.

Basketball News:

Georgia, Clemson, Georgia State are expected to be in the mix for Maryland transfer 6-8 Charles Mitchell a source told CBSSports.com.

Houston transfer Danuel House has completed his visit to Texas A&M today. House has also visited USC and UCLA. He said the Gamecocks do remain in the running for him. He does not have a date for a decision at this point.

6-9 AJ Davis, who is transferring from Tennessee, is expected to consider Clemson, Central Florida, DePaul and Florida State. Davis, who is from Buford, GA, took an official visit to Clemson before signing with the Vols last year.

Catch Phil Kornblut every night on SportsTalk and get more of his statewide recruiting news at SportsTalkSC.com and on Twitter @SportsTalkSC.